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Texas Germans, the Glossary

Texas Germans (Texas-Deutsche) are descendants of Germans who settled in Texas since the 1830s.^[1]

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Austrian-American culture in Texas
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Abolitionism

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world.

The Mainzer Adelsverein at Biebrich am Rhein (Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas, "Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas"), better known as the Mainzer Adelsverein ("Nobility Society of Mainz"), organized on April 20, 1842, was a colonial attempt to establish a new German settlement within the borders of Texas. Texas Germans and Adelsverein are Texas Hill Country.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Anti-German sentiment

Anti-German sentiment (also known as Anti-Germanism, Germanophobia or Teutophobia) is opposition to and/or fear of, hatred of, dislike of, persecution of, prejudice against, and discrimination against Germany, its inhabitants, its culture, and/or its language.

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Austin County, Texas

Austin County is a rural, agricultural dominated county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Bastrop County, Texas

Bastrop County is located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Black Dutch (genealogy)

Black Dutch is a term with several different meanings in United States dialect and slang.

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Boerne, Texas

Boerne is a city in and the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States, in the Texas Hill Country.

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Bulverde, Texas

Bulverde is a city in Comal County, Texas, United States.

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Central Texas

Central Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas roughly bordered on the West by San Saba to the Southeast by Bryan and the South by San Marcos to the North by Hillsboro.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Colorado River (Texas)

The Colorado River is an approximately river in the U.S. state of Texas. Texas Germans and Colorado River (Texas) are Texas Hill Country.

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Comfort, Texas

Comfort is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kendall County, Texas, United States.

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Ethnic enclave

In sociology, an ethnic enclave is a geographic area with high ethnic concentration, characteristic cultural identity, and economic activity.

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Fisher–Miller Land Grant

The Fisher–Miller Land Grant was part of an early colonization effort of the Republic of Texas. Texas Germans and Fisher–Miller Land Grant are Texas Hill Country.

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Forty-eighters

The Forty-eighters (48ers) were Europeans who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe.

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Fredericksburg, Texas

Fredericksburg (Friedrichsburg) is a city in and the seat of Gillespie County, Texas, United States.

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Freedmen's town

In the United States, a freedmen's town was an African American municipality or community built by freedmen, formerly enslaved people who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War.

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German Americans

German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. Texas Germans and German Americans are German diaspora in the United States.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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German language in the United States

Over 50 million Americans claim German ancestry, which makes them the largest single claimed ancestry group in the United States. Texas Germans and German language in the United States are German diaspora in the United States.

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German Mexicans

German Mexicans are Mexican citizens of German origin.

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German-Texan Heritage Society

The German-Texan Heritage Society is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Austin, Texas dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of German Texans and promoting German culture throughout the state.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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History of Fredericksburg, Texas

The History of Fredericksburg, Texas dates back to its founding in 1846.

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History of Germany

The concept of Germany as a distinct region in Central Europe can be traced to Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Institute of Texan Cultures

The Institute of Texan Cultures is a museum and library located in the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair Park in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, and is the HemisFair Campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio.

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John O. Meusebach

John O. Meusebach (May 26, 1812 – May 27, 1897), born Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach, was at first a Prussian bureaucrat, later an American farmer and politician who served in the Texas Senate, District 22.

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List of German Texans

German Texans have historically played a role in history of the U.S. state of Texas.

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Llano River

The Llano River is a tributary of the Colorado River, about long, in Texas in the United States. Texas Germans and Llano River are Texas Hill Country.

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Louisiana Creole people

Louisiana Creoles (Créoles de la Louisiane, Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Criollos de Luisiana) are a Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana before it became a part of the United States during the period of both French and Spanish rule.

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Max Kade

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Meusebach–Comanche Treaty

The Meusebach–Comanche Treaty was a treaty made on May 9, 1847 between the private citizens of the Fisher–Miller Land Grant in Texas (United States), who were predominantly German in nationality, and the Penateka Comanche Tribe.

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Missouri Rhineland

The Missouri Rhineland (Missouri Rheinland) is a German cultural region of Missouri that extends from west of St. Louis to slightly east of Jefferson City, located mostly in the Missouri River Valley on both sides of the river.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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New Braunfels, Texas

New Braunfels is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Nueces massacre

The Nueces Massacre, also known as the Massacre on the Nueces, was a violent confrontation between Confederate soldiers and Texas Germans on August 10, 1862, in Kinney County, Texas U.S. Many first-generation immigrants from Germany settled in Central Texas in a region known as the Hill Country. Texas Germans and Nueces massacre are history of Texas.

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Palatines

Palatines were the citizens and princes of the Palatinates, Holy Roman States that served as capitals for the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Pennsylvania Dutch

The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvanisch Deitsche), also referred to as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group in Pennsylvania and other regions of the United States, predominantly in the Mid-Atlantic region of the nation. Texas Germans and Pennsylvania Dutch are German diaspora in the United States.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Germans

Also known as German Texan, German Texans, Germans in Texas, History of the Germans in Texas, Texas Deutsche.

, Texas Hill Country, Texas State Cemetery, Texas State Historical Association, True West Magazine, University of Texas Press, Walburg, Texas, Weimar, Texas, World War I, World War II.

Texas Germans, the Glossary

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See also

Austrian-American culture in Texas

German diaspora in the United States

Swiss-American culture in Texas

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